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Probability and Distribution Function

Probability and Distribution Function. Random Experiment : An experiment whose outcome is uncertain. Sample Space (S) : A set of all elementary outcomes of an experiment. E.g. 1. A coin is tossed; S = {H, T} 2. A die is rolled; S = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}

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Probability and Distribution Function

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  1. Probability and Distribution Function

  2. Random Experiment: An experiment whose outcome is uncertain. Sample Space (S): A set of all elementary outcomes of an experiment. E.g. 1. A coin is tossed; S = {H, T} 2. A die is rolled; S = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} 3. A Coin is tossed twice; S = {HH, HT, TH, TT} Sample points: Elements of a sample space.

  3. Event: A phenomenon that may or may not be observed as a result of the experiment. Also, defined as a subset of sample space. E.g. a) In tossing of a coin, A: The coin falls on Head; A = {H} b) In tossing a coin thrice, S = {TTT, HTT, THT, TTH, THH, HHT, HTH, HHH} B: Head on all tosses B = {HHH} C: Heads and Tails are alternate C = {HTH, THT} D: At most two heads D = {TTT, HTT, THT, TTH, THH, HHT, HTH}

  4. Probability If an experiment can result into any one of n mutually exclusive and equally likely outcomes of which m are favourable to an event A, then probability of an event A is given by P(A) =

  5. Properties of Probability • 0 < P(A) < 1 2. If m outcomes out of n are favourable to event A, remaining (n-m) outcomes will be favourable to Ā, so that P(A) = m/n and P(Ā) = (n-m)/n Thus P(A) + P(Ā) = 1

  6. Probability Distribution If a coin is tossed thrice, the sample space S = {TTT, HTT, THT, TTH, THH, HHT, HTH, HHH} Let X: Number of heads

  7. Here X assumes different values depending upon the occurrence of the number of heads. Hence X will be called as a RANDOM VARIABLE. When X is listed with the corresponding values of probabilities is called as a PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION of the random variable X. X is called as a DISCRETE Random variable as it assumes INTEGER values only. The distribution can be written as: X: 0 1 2 3 P(X=x): 1/8 3/8 3/8 1/8

  8. It is also called as Probability Mass Function (PMF), and can also be written as P(x). 0 < P(x) < 1 for each x Sum of all probabilities is always = 1

  9. Expectation and Variance E(X) = ΣxP(x) V(X) = Σx2P(x) – [E(X)]2

  10. NORMAL DISTRIBUTION

  11. The most widely used continuous probability density function of a continuous random variable X is given by = 0 ; otherwise The random variable in this case is said to follow a Normal Distribution with parameters μ and σ. The graph of y = f(x) is known as the normal curve.

  12. PROPERTIES OF NORMAL DISTRIBUTION AND NORMAL CURVE • Mean = median = mode = μ. • Standard deviation =σ. • As x moves away from μ, the curve comes closer to the x-axis and extends till infinity on both sides without touching the x-axis. • The normal curve is a symmetric bell-shaped curve; symmetric about x =μ. • The total area under the normal curve = 1. • A normal variate with mean (μ) = 0 and standard deviation (σ) = 1 is known as standard normal variate and is usually denoted by Z.

  13. Curve of a Standard Normal Variate

  14. Area under the standard normal curve • The area to the left of Z = 0 is same as that to the right of Z = 0 i.e. 50% or 0.5. • To convert a normal variable X to a standard normal variable Z, we use the following transformation: Z = X – μ σ • P(Z < Z0) = Area to the left of Z0 • P(Z > Z1) = Area to the right of Z1 • P(Z2 < Z < Z3) = Area between Z2 and Z3

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